ALFRED BAGNALL & SONS (SOUTH WALES) LIMITED
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Cash
£174k
+87% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.3m
-20.9% vs 2024
Employees
23
-8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£351k
+7.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,286,178 | £1,302,848 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£380,135 | -£350,589 | +7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£380,135 | -£350,589 | +7.8% | |
| Net profit | -£363,902 | -£391,611 | -7.6% | |
| Cash | £92,908 | £173,722 | +87% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £792 | £165,679 | +20,819.1% | |
| Net assets | -£1,875,603 | -£2,267,214 | -20.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 25 | 23 | -8% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -29.6% | -26.9% | |
| Net margin | -28.3% | -30.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -211.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 600.6% | 571.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 1.06x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future based on the forecasts prepared. The directors have identified no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast doubt over the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company and wider Group are party to a Composite Accounting Agreement, providing a guarantee to Barclays Bank”
- “The Company and wider Group have a debenture held with Barclays Bank PLC. The guarantee is secured by a charge on the Company's assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPING, Maxine Rachel | Secretary | 2023-06-05 | — | — |
| BAGNALL, Stephen John | Director | 2025-07-16 | Jan 1968 | British |
| BRITTEN, Richard John | Director | 2025-07-16 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, John Keith | Secretary | — | 1992-02-03 |
| KIRKHAM, John Charles | Secretary | 2005-12-23 | 2023-06-05 |
| MACNAMARA, John | Secretary | 1992-02-03 | 2005-12-23 |
| BAGNALL, Stephen John | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2008-01-01 |
| CURRY, Paul James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2025-07-16 |
| SMITH, Geoffrey Charles | Director | — | 2001-09-17 |
| WALKER, Guy St John | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2025-05-30 |
| WATSON, John Philip Bagnall | Director | — | 2002-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Bagnall & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.